The earth is a living organism. Do you think this earth which hosts such diversity of life is just a lifeless object? It is conscious. It is living. Life originates from life and is sustained by it.

All the ancient civilizations including the Indian civilization honored the earth, rivers, sun, moon, trees, and mountains as sacred. They were seen as divine manifestations. We need a revival of the idea that planet Earth is sacred. When you consider something sacred, then it brings a sense of mindful reverence, a sense of awareness towards it. To be conscious of our environment is something that comes naturally to us. It is only once we start drifting from our very nature, that we start polluting our environment and exploiting it for short-term gains. We need to revive the ancient practice of honoring and conserving nature.

We must attend to our spiritual roots, and rekindle this awareness. We must understand the human psyche that makes one insensitive and unaware towards the environment, and also what makes one caring and nurturing towards it. If compassion and care are kindled within........

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